I run they exact same loads when using RL15 as Varget and it works out fine, I hover around 38-39 and 40gr of either.
Dean
Anybody have some pet loads for 22-250 with reloader 15 and 55gr. vmax.I have some 15 powder and running low on Varget and 8208
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I run they exact same loads when using RL15 as Varget and it works out fine, I hover around 38-39 and 40gr of either.
Dean
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
I use Varget in my 22 250. loaded some with rl 15 just for kicks, and shot great at 100 yds, right with the varget loads. We went to shoot at 1/4 mile the other day and the 15 shot 10 inches higher than Varget. Don't know, maybe because of the heat. Didn't try it at a 100 again yet.
I was shooting 35.0gr of varget under the 55 V-Max and it shot great. Back around 2008 when varget got scarce I switched to RL15 for a time. Shot 34.0gr and then went to 35.0gr and it matched Varget, even same POA. Problem I had was, it was 60 degrees out when I did that load and was great. Shot it again when it was in the upper 90's and all of a sudden it started popping primers out. Had to back off to 34.0gr. Varget I had worked up past 37.0 but had the best accuracy at 35.0 so that's where I stayed but RL15 couldn't go nearly that high. Other calibers and even other barrels in 22-250 I could work up RL15 the same as Varget, but not that one.
Point of all that is that I was getting pressure signs much earlier with the RL15, so I would not use it as a direct substitute for Varget. Work up your load same as you should with any new powder, but RL15 is a great and accurate substitute.
204, 22 K-Hornet, 222, 223, 22-250, 22-250AI, 6BR, 243, 243AI, 6-06, 6-WSM, 250-3000AI, 270, 7-08, 7RM, 30BR, 308, 30-06, 375 H&H, 444 Marlin, 450BM, 458WM
My Model 12 LRPV with a 1:12 twist factory barrel shoots the best with 34.5g of RL-15 with 50-52g bullets. It isn't the fastest, but this load yields the smallest groups. Average group size is .35" to .4" on a calm day. Smallest is .19".
For those shooting Varget and Reloader 15 in the 22-250 it seems to me that AR-Comp powder from Alliant should be a logical choice in the 22-250. AR-Comp is supposed to be a "reformulated" RL-15 without the temperature sensitivity of the former. However, real world testing indicates that the burn rate of AR-Comp is closer to Varget than RL-15 hence the moniker "Swedish Varget". Reviewing on line load data from 22-250 shooters, I found that most consider it a very good powder in that caliber. Several report low ES and SD and clean burning. I plan on giving it a try with 55-68gr bullets this week.
http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloade...5&cartridge=47
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